Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
FIRSTGEN FORWARD
FIRSTGEN FORWARD (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.7M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Firstgen Forward does
Mission
Firstgen Forward is the premier source for student success through a first-generation lens, equipping the higher education community with evidence-based approaches, data-informed strategies, professional development, and research.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Network programs & recruitment: the Firstgen Forward network includes nearly 500 colleges and universities engaged in a three-phased approach dedicated to advancing the success of first-generation students. These activities include personnel, training, resource development, travel, institutional scholarships, workshops, and technology.
$2,026,958 spentof which $50,000 as grants$473,541 earned by the program54% of program spendingResearch & publications: advancing the field and addressing knowledge gaps requires a robust repository of research and publications. These activities include the management of the journal of first-generation student success, research and data analysis, new publications, personnel, travel, technology, and resource dissemination.
$1,078,871 spent$5,611 earned by the program29% of program spendingExternal engagement & conferences: conferences and events are the primary outlet for information dissemination and knowledge sharing. These activities include personnel, resource development, speaking engagements, convenings, travel, content creation, and technology.
$659,996 spentof which $59,788 as grants$110,587 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,765,825.
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Maurice Jones
CEO, (until 6/30/2025)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.0M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money FIRSTGEN FORWARD raised.
From the IRS filings of FIRSTGEN FORWARD’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of FIRSTGEN FORWARD's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like FIRSTGEN FORWARD
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FIRSTGEN FORWARD: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FIRSTGEN FORWARD?
- FIRSTGEN FORWARD (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FIRSTGEN FORWARD have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to FIRSTGEN FORWARD.
- Who is the largest funder of FIRSTGEN FORWARD?
- COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FIRSTGEN FORWARD find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing